Liberty men’s lacrosse team looks to carry over momentum from last season The Liberty University men’s lacrosse team enters the 2016 season ranked No. 16 in the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) preseason poll, but Head Coach Kyle McQuillan will not let the ranking define his team. “It means absolutely nothing to us, honestly,” McQuillan said. “It needs to mean […]
Read more
Lady Flames redshirt senior post player having career year in her final season It may come as a shock, but Catherine Kearney did not always want to play basketball. As a young girl, she wanted to be a ballerina, but a summer growth spurt combined with a knack for scoring brought her into basketball. Born into a basketball family, Kearney […]
Read more
Sodexo offers spring events From classy nights in New York City to tuneless karaoke evenings, Sodexo’s events never cease to surprise, and the food giant promised to take things to the next level. “The goal is to knock everything we’ve done before out of the park,” Ryan Wheeler, the company’s unit marketing specialist, said. On Feb. 10, to celebrate Valentine’s […]
Read moreWeek events help reach the world Global Focus Week kicked off Monday, Feb. 8 at Liberty University and is in full swing across campus. Students now get the opportunity to familiarize themselves with countries from all over the world with culturally engaging events planned throughout the week. The semi-annual conference, which is sponsored by Liberty’s Center for Global Engagement (CGE), […]
Read more
Are Bill Clinton’s past issues ‘fair game’ for Republican candidates to criticize? He’s wearing a very expensive suit. Maybe he does not have a platform that extends deeper than the first link in a Google search, but his assortment of red and blue ties is remarkable. He’s spent half of his unfairly granted airtime backtracking on boorish comments made in […]
Read more
Former mayor’s interest in presidency must wake up politicians in Washington One thing is for sure: The campaign for the 2016 presidential election in the U.S. has been anything but ordinary. On the side of the Democrats, the potential nominees include a proclaimed socialist, Bernie Sanders, running against former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who, according to recent reports, […]
Read more
Liberty students share story about building the tree house behind East Campus In only two months’ time, five friends on East Campus constructed a two-story tree house in the woods behind their dorm, East 53. They were beginning construction on a third story when the Liberty University Police Department (LUPD) deemed the structure unsafe and requested the students no longer […]
Read more
Updates on new building projects around Liberty’s campus Crawler cranes and Bobcats on Liberty University’s growing campus are popular sights, and the spring 2016 semester is no different. With the steady increase of students on campus, the university is making arrangements to best accommodate the growing crowd. The female wing of Residential Commons II opened, and students formerly living in […]
Read more
The quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, Cam Newton, is a winner. Dating back to his collegiate tenure when he won the Heisman Trophy and a BCS National Championship with the Auburn University Tigers, Newton is accustomed to strutting off the field with a hat full of confetti and some hardware in his clutches. Even when an evident “lapse of judgment” […]
Read more
Liberty readies for reaccreditation by implementing Quality Enhancement Plan Liberty University will be implementing a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), “Illuminate: Cultivating a Community of Research” in the spring, which is a necessity for the institution’s 10-year reaccreditation plan through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The QEP is a plan designed to “enhance student learning,” […]
Read more
Express Jet Car Wash offers a variety of services to the Lynchburg community After the snowstorm Jan. 22, thousands of cars are still dirty from snow, salt and slush, and Lynchburg’s newest car wash is here to help. Express Jet Car Wash opened Jan. 1 after months of building and preparation by giving out free car washes to the citizens […]
Read more
Biology professor Dr. Alan Gillen published two research articles last fall Dr. Alan Gillen, a professor of biology at Liberty University published two research articles last semester in Answers In Genesis about the changing trends in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) over the past three school years at Liberty University. Along with the contribution of Michael Cargill, Jason Conrad and Rachel […]
Read more
Flames say family is the key to success Coming off of its best year in program history, the Lady Flames lacrosse team is looking to make history this season. Liberty finished last season with a record of 9-11, the best mark in the program’s short six-year history. The team went 5-2 in Big South conference play. The record year propelled […]
Read more
Designers prepare for the ‘cosmos’ spring fashion show When it comes to fashion shows, designers are not the only ones working long hours in preparation to showcase their art. Models, too, are exerting their talents to assure that the designs are presented in a way that expresses themselves as well as the designers’ visions. With Liberty University’s Department of Family […]
Read more
The Vespers double duo of siblings debuts at Liberty Folk rock band “The Vespers” made its debut appearance at Liberty University Saturday, Feb. 6. Hosted by Student Activities, students gathered in the LaHaye Student Union’s Event Space as the band Joel Kaiser with Native Spirit opened the event. “We didn’t expect to see this many of you here, to be […]
Read more